Fresh from his match-winning century and nine-wicket haul, Warwickshire all-rounder Keith Barker said : “These two wins give us a good platform to build on. In these last two games we have been more ‘Warwickshire’ than we had in the two before that and hopefully we can carry that on now.

“We have got a very strong and deep squad with depth in all departments and a lot of players knocking on the door who I am sure will get their opportunity at some point this year. We are fortunate in that way.

Durham coach Jon Lewis said: “Since we played Somerset at Taunton, our first innings haven’t been great. We have won a couple of games with excellent fourth-innings performances but we have had a 170-run first-innings deficit at Lord’s and 270 in this match and that’s not a great place to win games from. That needs to be turned round if we are to be successful.

“I think Keith Barker enjoys playing against us. I wouldn’t quite say he has got a hold over us but he is a very good new-ball bowler who moves the ball late. Paul Collingwood played him well and Mark Stoneman batted very well in the second innings.”